The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-09-03
FARM AND FlREsIDE.


The dull hoe wastes strength.
Boil cherries five minutes; the
amount Of sugar to the quart is six
ounces.
Garry happiness to your home. no
matter who or what is there. P0meroy's
Democrat.
AS rule nearly all cases of collie
in horses are caused by mismanage-
ment in feeding and watering.
Put tea and coffee away in air-tight
receptacles as soon as they are brought
to the house. They lose much of their
flavor by standing uncovered.
Cut jewels should never be wiped
after washing. Wash carefully with
brush and CASTLE soapsuds. Rinse and
lay. face down, deep into fine sawdust
until dry; lockwood dust is best.
Brown Bread Mush: Break up a
pint Of dry bread in small pieces.
Mix with one-fourth cup of butter in
double boiler. add sufficient milk to
cover, and cook over hot watep without
stirring it till the bread has absorbed
all the milk. Eat with cream.-Er-
change.
"A lazy horse can be taught to walk
fast by driving him alone and continu-
ally urging him to move as desired.
Any particular word. promptly uttered
every time the whip is applied, will
soon give him to understand what is
required. A systematic course Of les
sons at short intervals must be given in
order to succeed.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentlc,man says: II hold that the intel
ligent farmer. who has lived for years
on his farm and knows its soil and ca
liabilities, and who has settled on plan
of farming which is successful, is more
likely to know what II best for him to
do than some one who has lived on q
different soil and surrounded by differ
ent circumstances"
Orange Water Ice: Add a table
spoonful of gelatine to one gill of cold
water; let it stand twenty minutes and
add half pint of boiling water, stir
until dissolved, and add four ounces of
powdered sugar. the strained juice Of
six oranges, and cold water enough to
make a full quart in all. Stir until the
sugar is dissolved: pour into the freez-
ing caa and freeze. Form, Field and
Stockman.
Yeast: Three large potatoes pared
and boiled; when mashed add to the
potato two tablespoonfuls Of flour. two
desserts poonfuls each of salt and SUI
gar, and enough scalding hot water TO
make three pints of it all. When this
mixture is cool. add one-half Of pre-
viously dissolved yeast cake. Let it
rise over night. In the morning stir
well and mix both -four and graham
bread with the rising. 1t will rise very
uickly.-Househ0ld.
OF all the dairy products, butter.
milk is perhaps the least appreciated.
1t is more easily digested than sweet
milk, as it has undergone fermenta-
ton which is partial digestion, and
enters the stomach in loose, flaky
state. easily acted upon by the gastric
juices. In some respects it resembles
koumiss, the most digestible Of milk
products. 1t is decided laxative; coun-
teracts constipation.-St. Louis Repu6-
lican.
| An old bee-keeper says that in To-
calities where willows and hazel do not
abound it is well to feed bees with rye
meal, as it is good substitute for pol
len. which is the main ingredient in the
bee bread. on which young bees are fed.
Rye meal, when fed. especially in late
springs, stimulates brood rearing. and
enables colonies to send out earlier
and stronger swarms. 1t should be
placed in shallow troughs or pans rod
or more from the hives, where it will
soon be found by the bees and gathered
eagerly by them. Troy Times.